Adjustable cap



' central frontportiony of ythe cap,

curingthe lining members 51 and 52Ltogether,V

may Vterminate aboveV the ,pocket,lto provide the desired opening 53, and a flap as'l may be secured yin place by the seam 57(2). ,Said flap may bereadilymoved aside at the opening', so Vthat the ends of cessible fl om the interior of the capi, while a neat. and finished appearance is presented at theopening after the ends Yof the band have cover and conceal said ends. V

Variousine'ansmay be used togsecure'the Y ,.beenadjusted andthe flap` is, arranged to free ends ofthe adpistingbaiid13 inthe Vadjusted positions be understood, therefore, asv limiting myself to the specific devices l employ for `Ythis purpose, except as claims thereto. Y 2 1 a tongued buckle 21 ofthe usual type, se-

have drawn the `appended @j cured to the end 22 of the loan'd 13, the other .end 230i spaced peri end 23 of theband ,-5 mined size.

label may be held norations 24, whereby the effective length the head-size of the .cap. The free ,end ofthe band 13, after being passed over the tongue y25 of the buckle, may be inserted under the` edge 26 of the opening 20 and maintained out of the way and concealed thereby.

its shown in Fig.

, eyelets as 27 and spaced apart the proper distance to provide head openings of predeter- If desired, a' printed sheet or in place on the band end 23 by means of saideyelets and the indicia or numerals as 28, indicating the headjsize .prom duced by each eyelet, may be imprinted on thelabel adjacent the corresponding v: eyelet, though rit will be understood that the size indicating ,indicia may the han d if found convenient or desirable.

lnsaid modification, a snap fastener stud i 29 is secured to the end 22 of the band 13,

said stud being adapted to be forced` into and through 'an eyelet 27 to maint-ain the .band in usted position.r s i Y 'F or preventing pressure upon the forehead ef the `,wearer due to the added thickness of the 1 fastening means and of the ends of the band 13, l prefer to provide cushioning means be-V 'tween the face'33 of the, sweatband and the 'Y inner face of the crown or lining.

Said .cushioning means may take theferin the bland, is provided in the liningy thepband are readily ac- .v

the sweatband the thereof. .l do not wish to.

In Fig. 1, I 4lia-ve illustrated Ysaidfband being provided with.V

,y Ying unmutilated and :the adjusting .means v wand easily manipulated bymerely bending lthe sweatband 19. When the .ends 22 andv 23 of said band may be varied to changeV vldiicilie the `fhfzflfdfsze of the ser, 4, the openings 24 iny the. Y may be reinforced withV being increase( be printed directly on `soft' cushioning material 34, held on to t-lie face'33 of tlie`sweatband as byineans of a covering sheet 35, it being understood that said pad is of sufficient areay to properly pro-k tect the foreheadagainst concentrated pressure of the hoolr30 'or thestud 29 or the buckle 21, 0r aero-ther @allestire means vfor the band 13.

The thickness of :the pad ,311 is, 4of, course,

dependent onthe thicknessv ofthe adjustable fastening meansat the ends .of the 13, and may be entirely omitted where said `fastening means is thiiiand flat. 'In' that case,

`flexible material, may .be isufficien-t to protect forehead without: the other aid. shown in Fig. 3, the pad takes the form kof a :flap 36 in the interior of which is insertedthe soft cushioning inaterialAk 351,*saidfiap being seainedto the lower edge of thercap between the sweatband and the lining.

It-'will be seenfthat the 2 ppearance olf the capfboth` inside andncut is precisely 'the same asjtliat ofanonfadjustable cap, the crownbeimperforate, but that may be quickly' reached of the band 13 Vare overlapped to a greater extent, the .lining 15j is cOnstriCted, thereby there beins Y Sufent .resiliency in fthe matriel Of which caps Vare usually made to .allon7 the contraction thereofto -a limited `extent without the formation ofacreases, pleats orpuckers. Similarly, when the head-size is to be enlarged, the ends .of the .band are overlapped to alesser extent, as indicated by tlienuinerals on one end of the band, the head opening l in size by the 4operaticn of pulling since the material of the cap stretches suf- 4 ticient-ly to allow this to be .done without disy .tor-tion, throughout a'liniited range ofsizes lt will-be understcod that if desired, the stripll may be ing 152lengthened vat'its liottpiri edge Jto provide sufficient material which maybe turned 19, if of'sufiiciently ythick and the cap on the headof the wearer,

dispensed with and the lin- 'lio upwardly and seained by the stitching 17' toifermthe pocket'12.. It Ywill also be un derstood that wherean unlined ,capis desired', I`

the lining lmay yterininate at orv about the stitching 17 so astQproY-itle. a tubiilarpocket for the band 13 aboutthe lower etlgefbf the can It will theretorewbefseen thatmy' improvedaclpistmg means-is @annealed at all times during theV normal Iuse or` y the cap, that it is' applicableto d s lined caps, to caps provided Withiafronti fsweatband only, and to those provided with a complete sweatband, and ,thatthe adjust! inent thereoffmay be quickly and easily af'-v v v fected, even by those unskilled in the'art5 and `that no substantial alterations arenecessary handling of in the method of making the caps now in ordinary use to make them adjustable, since my n i f improved means maybe readily secured gto any such cap With a slightamount ofaddiitional labor and at only a slightly increased cost. v A L I do not IWish to be understood as limiting ymyself tothe specific construction or lto fthe f modifications herein shown anddescribed but intend to avail .myself of the entire range of'.

` equivalents permitted by the state of the prior A I art and the terms I claim:

'' .l1 In an adjustable cap','a *substantially'un-l mutilated lining extending to the lower edge.

Aof the Cap7 a strip secured toy thelower edge ofv the lining and cooperating with one facei y[thereoffor forming a pocket throughout the lower edge thereof, an inelastic band entirely vl yen'elosedin said pocket and havingrfreeover- *lappingends thereon arranged at the front fof the cap,v said pocketk being provided With Y* anfop'eningattlie front of the cap ,and in' thefinterior face ofthe pocket througlivvhich opening the ends yolf the 'band are accessible Withoutremoving saidends from the pocket, said bandv being Vcompletely detached from,

`the pocket throughout it'sxentire length, ad-V jnstying means'inthepocket and lnear the end of said band, and 'meansarranged interiorly` )of the ends of said band for protecting the ymeans thereon. f d p s ln an adjustabley cap, a lininggv strip` Y looperating with the lining and providinga yfpocket vof not more than two thicknesses of .material about the lowermost'edge of the cap 'd and n ot` more than two thicknesses of material .in kthe interior ol the crown, and an inelastic adjusting .band `completely detached from l aueenclosed by the pocket 'between the two` H forehead oip` the Wearereagainst the pressure of vthe ends of the band andof the'adjusting thicknesses of material overlapping ends on -j fthe band retained in jthepocket; fastening means on one of said ends, said pocketbeing open near the frontzof'the cap for a short distance to provide access to the ends ofthe ,band land tosaid fasteningv meansffrom the` Q 'i'riostinterior face of the Ca JULIUs estensori.v

lined or unofthe appended claims. 

